Sentences with phrase «interest junkets»

Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, has called for an end to special interest junkets, saying that such trips aren't in the best interests of taxpayers.

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They enjoyed a whirlwind junket from interested clubs, an itinerary that included private jet service, four - star dinners, a tour of the CNN studios and tickets to an NBA game.

Special interest - funded junkets weren't the only gift loophole highlighted by Common Cause.

Last November, at least 18 state lawmakers attended one of two special interest - organized junkets to...

CalNewsroom.com first reported that Assemblyman Jeff Gorell, before announcing his campaign for Congress, attended a special interest - funded junket to Maui.

Here's where it gets interesting - When talking about the X-Men: Apocalypse post-credits scene during the press junket a few weeks ago, Kinberg specifically mentioned the Gambit movie for where Essex could show up.

Yesterday at the Winter Solider junket, I asked them the status of the pilot, what the show would focus on, its timeline, whether Atwell is still interested in playing the character, and more.

While the featurette and junket interviews do give Singleton his due say, his lack of involvement in the production of the DVD is especially disappointing considering there are a number of deleted scenes (such as, reportedly, a violent confrontation between Samuel L. Jackson's Shaft and bad guy Christian Bale) that fans would certainly be interested in seeing.

I don't know if I'll make the final cut — I was interviewed briefly at the Two Lovers junket, after an interesting interview — but Casey Affleck's feature directorial debut on a very strange year in the life of brother - in - law Joaquin Phoenix will be released on September 10, as Magnolia Pictures has wrapped up a deal for worldwide distribution rights.

Although he was in attendance at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival to talk about his great new film The Fifth Estate, when I spoke to director Bill Condon at the press junket, I landed an interesting bit of news...

I find it interesting the «morals» of video game sites get questioned but no one has mentioned the junkets that entertainment writers get sent on for movie releases etc...

Molyneux admitted he's pulled more than one videogame factoid out of his ass to keep press junkets interesting, adding, «I could name at least 10 features in games that I've made up to stop journalists going to sleep and I really apologize to the team for that.»

Since the theme of that Heartland junk science junket is «Restoring the Scientific Method,» perhaps the attendees will query Dr. Soon about the ethics of accepting a million dollars from polluter interests while claiming that climate change is nothing to worry about.

But the raise may come with an added cost of its own: a ban on judicial junkets (ABC.com, 2/4/08), i.e., those all - expense paid trips and lavish gifts funded by special interest groups, and disguised as seemingly benign «fact - finding missions» or educational seminars.